The Media Research Center has long been waging a war on Google for not adhering to right-wing narratives, and that has extended to the company’s efforts on artificial intelligence. For example, Luis Cornelio tried to impose his employer’s anti-abortion extremism in a June 23 post:
The receipts are in: A few months after being caught promoting Planned Parenthood in search, Google is now downplaying the egregious practice of abortion through Bard, its newly launched artificial intelligence chatbot. The tech giant’s bias is undeniable.
MRC Free Speech America prompted Google’s Bard chatbot to answer questions related to abortion three days before the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on Saturday, June 24, 2023. The Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade ultimately determined that the U.S. Constitution does not provide a right to end the life of unborn babies. When asked whether the Court decided Roe or Dobbs correctly, Google’s Bard responded that “both sides” in Dobbs had “strong arguments” and that it did not have “enough information about that person” for the Roe decision. Worst of all, the chatbot did not even include the word “life” once in either response.
In a vague non-response, Google’s AI chatbot dismissively responded that Dobbs was “highly controversial” and declared abortion a “matter of opinion.” “The decision of the United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was a highly controversial one, and there is no easy answer to the question of whether it was correct,” the chatbot claimed.
Cornelio did not explain why the chatbot should reflect right-wing narratives on abortion. The MRC continued to play right-wing gotcha with the chatbot throughout the rest of 2023:
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- Google AI Censors Biden Opponents Ahead of Second GOP Primary Debate
- MRC VP Dan Schneider: Google’s AI Is ‘Running Cover for Hamas’
- Ex-Google Executive Urges Globalist Board Seize AI
- Anti-Free Speech Google Launches New AI with ‘Toxicity’ Evaluations
- Google Seeks Patent for New Censorship Tool
Cornelio returned for more right-wing gotcha in a Jan. 5 post:
One of the world’s top artificial intelligence chatbots appears frozen in time when it comes to prompts concerning the Hunter Biden laptop bombshell and the Trump-Russia collusion media hoax.
When queried, Google’s Bard told MRC Free Speech America that the Hunter Biden laptop bombshell is still unverified, and it refused to provide information on the since-disproven Trump-Russia collusion media narrative.
MRC Free Speech America prompted Bard, Google’s so-called cutting-edge AI chatbot, to provide information about the “Hunter Biden laptop” and the “Trump-Russia collusion” scandals on Dec. 20. Bard’s responses were striking, to say the least: Bard went above and beyond to sow doubt about the Hunter Biden laptop bombshell report (which served as a precursor to the Biden bribery scandal), claiming the “authenticity” of the laptop and its content “has been contested.” In contrast, Bard claimed ignorance regarding the Trump-Russia media hoax, refusing to address the debunked conspiracy theory.
Again, Cornelio didn’t explain why the chatbot must parrot right-wing narratives — and he’s lying about the Trump-Russia story being a “media hoax.” As we’ve pointed out, the 2016 Trump campaign met dozens of times with Russian operatives and then-campaign manager Paul Manafort gave internal polling data to another Russian operative. But Cornelio was more interested in quoting his boss spout a false narrative than tell readers the truth:
MRC Free Speech America Director Michael Morris rebuked Bard’s biased responses, questioning Bard’s disturbing failure to address the significance of the media touting the Trump-Russia media hoax while seemingly defending the Bidens from numerous allegations and scandals. “How is it possible that Bard provided such a glowing response for the Bidens but couldn’t provide information on the Trump-Russia collusion hoax so heavily trumpeted by the media?” Morris asked. “This comes as little surprise. MRC researchers have repeatedly caught Google running cover for the left.”
Cornelio concluded by huffing that “the Trump administration was mired by false allegations that his campaign worked hand in hand with the Russian government to clinch victory in the 2016 presidential election. These claims were proven as false by then-Special Counsel John Durham.” Cornelio censored mention of the Mueller report, which documented all those connections between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives.